Fairground ride imported for Mayor making weekend in May - Page 2

WillowTheWhisp · 13-04-2005, 19:17

me neither

mez · 13-04-2005, 19:22

hope you mean SWEARING IN & not SWEARING AT , cos that ride needs blowing up, i hate fairgrounds & rides but that is plain idicorcy gone stupidly mad/

grego · 13-04-2005, 19:33

I too didn't know they had a ceremony for swearing in the mayor, I dont think anyone will be impressed by the ride either

Busman747 · 13-04-2005, 22:15

I could have sworn I captured a picture of the real ride last month see here

(Remember your immortal words A-b, "this is a wind up - right?" I never tell a lie,....just bend the truth a little at times

Bagpuss · 13-04-2005, 22:23

A-B I wonder if the £35,000 that Cllr Jones mentioned in another thread was something to do with hiring this ride and any other money to be wasted on the ceremony for swearing in the mayor?

Less · 14-04-2005, 02:43

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Originally Posted by Atarah

Fairground specialists SILCOCKS, now based in Altham, have, at the request of Hyndburn Council, travelled to Italy last week to pick up a "rare" fairground ride, called The Speed Flip, for the Mayor making ceremonies to be held in May.

When will our council ever learn? Look whats happening to that bloke in America after he decided to celebrate by offering the kiddies rides? What was that place again? Oh thats right..... Neverland Valley Ranch!!

chav1 · 14-04-2005, 02:50

i think as punishemnet for another stupid idea all the people responsible for it shuld give free piggy back rides along broadway

WillowTheWhisp · 14-04-2005, 07:34

I liked the teacups a lot better. At least they would have fit into the space available. Have you seen this speed flip thing how the arms fling up and out? Has anyone from HBC actually seen it in action? I looked at Broadway yesterday and just couldn't imagine how it would fit.

Tealeaf · 14-04-2005, 17:20

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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

I Well, excuse me, I have only lived here for forty-nine years. But I do not recall anyone dancing in the street at the swearing in of any Mayor - EVER!

But A-B.....you forget. We have a well-paid bureacrat, an employee of the Council, whose official title is "Festival Organiser". If he was'nt busy organising this bash and others like it, then he's have nowt to do; so the council could get rid of him, and save 30 grand a year for the rate payer. But that would'nt do now, would it?

lindsay ormerod · 14-04-2005, 17:56

I have been to a mayor -making ceremony;once the official bit is done it's all 3 course meal and as much vino as you could knock back[I think it was quite a good night??] Anyhow;the whole ceremony is out-dated and very archaic;the catering certainly wasn't done on the cheap and even the floral displays were posh! I know that the one I attended was strictly invite only and the Mayor to be was limited to the number of family he could invite;think it was 6! He did the whole thing under some duress as he didn't approve of the fuss and expenditure.I think this latest Britcliffe's Baby is a total farce,not only is it costing US a fortune,I also doubt that they will find a flat enough piece of Broadway to put it on! Also,if it affects my store's trade or so much as touches any of my staff I will sue the arse off the Idiot in Chief!

Acrylic-bob · 14-04-2005, 18:21

One wonders why there is so much fuss being made over the Mayor Making this year, when Britcliffe has in the past seemed quite satisfied with just sticking his snout in the trough? I mean, christmas illuminations, fairground rides...If one were of a cynical frame of mind one might suppose that there was an ulterior motive in all this frivolity - do you suppose that the fact that the Mayor Elect is female may have some bearing in this matter and that the Idiot-in-chief, now that he is single again, fancies his chances?

cashman · 14-04-2005, 18:26

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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob

One wonders why there is so much fuss being made over the Mayor Making this year, when Britcliffe has in the past seemed quite satisfied with just sticking his snout in the trough? I mean, christmas illuminations, fairground rides...If one were of a cynical frame of mind one might suppose that there was an ulterior motive in all this frivolity - do you suppose that the fact that the Mayor Elect is female may have some bearing in this matter and that the Idiot-in-chief, now that he is single again, fancies his chances?

one wonders indeed,sounds about right.

lindsay ormerod · 14-04-2005, 18:36

I would not be at all surprised,there is always a "hidden agenda" to these things and as we all know,no-one does "owt for nowt". Will have a spy in his basket next time I see him in Iceland;see if it's still full of meals for one!!!!

Neil · 14-04-2005, 19:05

Maybe someone could explain to me what a Mayor does and why we want to spend our money on one.

-pixie · 14-04-2005, 20:32

As someone who has to work in the shops on Braodway I am not looking forward to this. Its bad enough we have to put up with various buskers (pan pipes anybody?) and bagpipes etc, but this takes the biscuit. I really don't see how its going to actually fit on Broadway...